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GRKA3007: Later Greek Poetry
2024 unit information
The Hellenistic period was a time of great literary innovation and refinement coupled with intense experimentation and intertextual dialogue with the authors and masterworks of the Classical past. In this unit we will advance the study of Greek literary language and form through the close study of selections from the epic, elegiac, and melic poetry of the post-Classical period.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Classics and Ancient History
| Code | GRKA3007 |
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| Academic unit | Classics and Ancient History |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient Greek |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Advanced knowledge of the Greek language, its structure, vocabulary, and modes of expression.
- LO2. Advanced knowledge of the history and influence of the literature of Greece, including an understanding of genre and of interpretative work ranging from traditional criticism to contemporary approaches
- LO3. Advanced knowledge of the culture, religion, ideas and history of the Greek leading to a critical understanding of one of the bases of Western culture.
- LO4. Sharpened analytical skills in investigating the ways texts use language to construct meaning and assert imaginative power, communication skills fostered by the writing of critical analyses and by discussion in class where one must clearly express and account for one’s own view and objectively judge the views of others.
- LO5. Practice at skills in working as part of a team, sharing information and exchanging approaches in ways which promote realistic self-evaluation, critical judgement, tolerance and skills in creative listening.
- LO6. Practice at skills in ordering and inter-relating a large body of facts and differing opinions within a limited space.
- LO7. An advanced understanding of cultural difference.
- LO8. Practice at skills in time-management, in prioritising and in working to definite goals and dead-lines.
- LO9. Practice at skills in the use of IT for the accessing of information and generating one’s own material.
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